{"id":147861,"date":"2023-09-25T09:30:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T13:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=147861"},"modified":"2023-09-25T11:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T15:37:06","slug":"chiefs-mahomes-shot-bears-blowout-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/25\/chiefs-mahomes-shot-bears-blowout-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs&#8217; Patrick Mahomes Delivers Parting Shot to Bears After Blowout Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs got their <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/09\/21\/insider-urges-chiefs-trade-colts-taylor-pacheco\/\" target=\"_self\">offense back on track<\/a> with a 41-10 win over the Chicago Bears that saw quarterback Patrick Mahomes deliver the closing shot long after the clock had reached all zeros. Asked by Scott Lewis of the Barber&#8217;s Chair Network after the game if it meant something more to him to beat the Bears, Mahomes was bluntly honest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s still on my mind,\u201d Mahomes said via the team. \u201cBut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kVMnUmIfRaQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I like beating them<\/a> for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Chiefs&#8217; Patrick Mahomes: &#8216;I Like Beating&#8217; Bears<\/h2>\n<h3>Passing on Patrick Mahomes Continues to Haunt Bears<\/h3>\n<p>This is no misplaced sentiment, either. The Bears left Mahomes\u2019 camp feeling as though he was their guy in 2017. Instead, former general manager Ryan Pace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportschicago.com\/nfl\/chicago-bears\/bears-trade-up-and-get-their-quarterback-north-carolinas-mitchell-trubisky\/365926\/#:~:text=One%20of%20those%20players%2C%20as,for%20the%20second%20overall%20pick.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">traded up to the No. 2 overall pick<\/a> to select Mithell Trubisky, now of the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes, who went No. 10 overall, saw \u201churt\u201d by that and made sure to remind the Bears of their mistake in his first meeting against them \u2013 also a win \u2013 in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportschicago.com\/nfl\/chicago-bears\/patrick-mahomes-thought-the-bears-were-going-to-draft-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told him that they were going to draft him<\/a>,&#8221; Mahomes\u2019 father, Patrick Mahomes Sr. said on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/670TheScore\/status\/1620167092904370184\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cParkins and Spiegel\u201d<\/a>, per Michael Allerdyce of NBC Sports Chicago in January. &#8220;We thought he was going to be the third pick overall and go to Chicago. He had a great meeting when he went there and liked all the guys that were doing stuff there. He thought he was going to be a Bear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the first meeting, Mahomes counted out the picks before him after scoring.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fun fact: Patrick took his college number 5 and added 10 to it for his current number.<\/p>\n<p>Wonder why \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/reAFxsrFRa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/reAFxsrFRa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1208946054554701825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Mahomes finished Sunday\u2019s contest with 272 yards on 72.7% completion with three passing touchdowns. He did get rolled up on but stayed in the game for a bit before ceding command of the offense to Blaine Gabbert.<\/p>\n<h3>Patrick Mahomes Tried to Pump Up Justin Fields<\/h3>\n<p>The two-time MVP and Super Bowl champion offered some encouragement to his Bears counterpart, Justin Fields. Fields was at the center of some of the controversy surrounding the Bears in the week leading up to the game. He cited coaching as a potential reason for his feeling robotic on the field before saying he needed to get out of his own head.<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes seemed to somewhat agree with Fields\u2019 assessment, reminding the beleaguered quarterback to just \u201ctrust\u201d himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/patrick-mahomes-justin-fields-should-trust-his-talent-instincts\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trust your talent<\/a>. Trust your instincts,\u201d Mahomes said, per Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk on September 21. \u201cHe\u2019s here for a reason. He\u2019s made a lot of big plays happen in the NFL and college, wherever he\u2019s been.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing but respect \ud83e\udee1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GtSvkPHZO9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/GtSvkPHZO9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1706091296379572496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 24, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fields completed 50% of his passes for 99 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs\u2019 defense recorded three sacks, five total hits on the quarterback, deflected three passes, and forced a fumble by Bears running back Khalil Herbert.<\/p>\n<h3>Patrick Mahomes: Offense \u2018Moving in Right Direction\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Kansas City\u2019s 41 points is their most since Week 7 of last season on the road against the San Francisco 49ers. It is their most at home in Arrowhead Stadium since Week 14 of the 2021 season against the Las Vegas Raiders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt always feels good to kind of get the whole offense going,&#8221; Mahomes said. &#8220;Obviously, the first two weeks, we\u2019ve just kind of have been out of rhythm. We haven\u2019t kind of got drives and sustained drives going. And so just to not have those killer penalties, and to kind of get the offenses going in the right direction. And then all that other stuff kind of comes with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Whole lotta wins for Big Red, and he ain&#39;t done yet. <\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Coach! \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/suiPUox6ui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/suiPUox6ui<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chiefs\/status\/1706104226768707774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs will visit the 1-2 New York Jets in Week 4.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Mahomes delivered one final parting shot to the Chicago Bears after guiding the Kansas City Chiefs to a blowout victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":147865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7811,6990,1576],"class_list":["post-147861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-justin-fields","tag-patrick-mahomes"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}